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Sorcinelli, Mary Deane – 2000
The "Heeding New Voices" study, a year-long series of structured interviews with new faculty and graduate students aspiring to be faculty members around the country, sought both to give voice to those who are just beginning their academic careers and to provide guidance for the senior faculty, chairs, deans, and others in higher…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Deans, Department Heads, Faculty College Relationship
Whicker, Marcia Lynn; And Others – 1993
This book is a practical guide to the college faculty tenure process and offers concrete advice on strategies to increase a faculty member's chances of obtaining tenure. Chapter 1 defines tenure and touches on elements of the qualifications, professional regulation, and institutional investment. Chapter 2 urges candidates to actively manage their…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employer Employee Relationship, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Publishing
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1988
Advice is provided to teachers and scholars entering the academic profession at a college or university. The report reviews the usual standards and practices governing faculty employment in higher education and offers candid suggestions about how untenured faculty members might protect their rights. This information is designed to inform the…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship
Cubberley, Carol W. – 1996
This book focuses on guiding librarians at institutions of higher education on being proactive in securing tenure and promotion in their professional employment. The book has nine chapters. Chapter 1 gives advice on what to include in an application for a tenure-track position and what activities representing individual growth and development…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Audiovisual Aids, Career Development
Schoenfeld, A. Clay; Magnan, Robert – 1992
This book presents information designed to guide the assistant professor to an understanding of the generic institutional criteria for promotion to tenure as well as of the pragmatic politics involved in pursuing a professional path. Chapters examine, in a step-by-step fashion, the many considerations to be dealt with in working towards achieving…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Career Counseling, Career Guidance, College Faculty
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 1990
Tenure constitutes a basic tenet of professionalism in higher education, protecting academic freedom and allowing for employment free from personal politics. Constituencies most affected by tenure must have some significant input into the tenure process. This report presents a model four-year tenure process developed by the Educational Policies…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Rank (Professional), Codes of Ethics, College Governing Councils
Bianco-Mathis, Virginia, Ed.; Chalofsky, Neal, Ed. – 1996
This book presents 11 author-contributed chapters concerning the role of adjunct college faculty, ways that such faculty members can obtain resources to maximize their effectiveness, and relationships of adjuncts with other faculty and the administration. Chapters have the following titles and authors: (1) "Program Policies and Administration"…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Role, Class Activities, Cognitive Style